- The 10 highest salaries in the ABL:
- SP Pat Rienstra 33 (NYE) 16.8 million
- SP Joey Elliott 31 (BUF) 14.7 million
- RF Abdul-Muta'al Rhodes 28 (PHIL) 14.5 million
- CF Roger Murphy 34 (NE) 14.3 million
- 1B Bjorn Abbing 34 (CHA) 14.1 million
- SP Anthony McLeod 31 (DET) 13.8 million
- 1B Josh Graham 30 (SF) 13.7 million
- CF Alex Ochoa 31 (MEM) 13.7 million
- CF Rich Bellomy 34 (NYP) 13.million
- LF Tom Anderson 30 (CHI) 13.4 million
- Of the remaining 15 in the top 25 (all make 11.1 million or more) they break down like this
- Philadelphia (1) NY Punishers (2) Mexico (2) Dallas (3) Memphis (1) Lexington (1) Buffalo (1) Phoenix (1) Montreal (1) Ohio (1) Denver (1)
- 11 SP Rienstra 33 NYE (16.8)
- 2 RF Abdul-Muta'al Rhodes 28 PHI (14.5)
- 3 CF Roger Murphy 34 NE (14.3)
- 2 LF Tom Anderson 30 CHI (13.4)
- 1 C Zhi-huan Go 35 NYP (11.5)
- 3 1B Bjorn Abbing 34 CHA (14.1)
- 2 2B Bryce Watkins 31 NYP (13.2)
- 1 SS Jimmy Lilliquist 27 PHX (11.5)
- The top salary for 3B is Marc Lee (36) of Dallas at 10.5 million
- The top salary for RP is JJ Vera (35) of the NY Punishers at 10 million, he is the only RP in the ABL making 8 figures. In fact 5 relievers total are making annual salaries of 8+ million wit the next highest being 5.2 million.
The annual ABL report shows the average superstars' salary of around 9.8 million. With what we term as the league 'average' player making around 2.5 million. League minimum is 169K per year.
Currently, there are 34 players in the ABL making 10+ million dollars per year.
This much is clear. We won't likely ever be at the top of the revenue standings given the markets and the media, but that should not impede this club from becoming a dynasty. We need to be more efficient with each dollar and more importantly, we need to be able to nail our drafts and find those gems around the world everyone is looking for.